The Lookout by Day

Engaged in Italy!

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May 23rd 2009
Cinque Terre - Corniglia 21st-25th May, 2009 So, the story goes... Rupesh and I went to Italy for the long weekend at the end of May with Bern and Elizabeth to meet up with Erin and Mark who got married in Melbourne at the end of April. Erin and Mark were on an 8 week honeymoon around Asia and Europe. We flew from London to Turin and stayed the night before catching a train to La ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre » Corniglia

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more